As far as I can tell, I do not know how this will work out yet so as of now, there is no official scoring for Fast Forwards or Yields. However, should one of your teams get yielded, you will be assessed a 200 point penalty.

Declaring a Favorite

Like in the first game, you may assign a favorite team at this point in the game. This works like a bonus -- points for first place, fast forwards, yields, and final leg scoring are doubled for your favorite. This move is also risky -- if your favorite gets yielded, you will receive double the penalty. You will also be penalized if your favorite gets eliminated. To declare a favorite, just reply to this thread with your favorite team pick.

In the first game, once you lost your favorite, you got penalized and you had to continue without any favorite! However, there is a new twist...

If you lose your favorite at any time during the race, you may assign a new favorite!!! But beware -- every time you lose a favorite, you will be penalized for each and every one of them -- so pick carefully!!!

Scoring for your favorite

1000 points if your favorite comes in first (except in the final leg).
2000 points if your favorite comes in second or third in the final leg.
5000 points if your favorite wins The Amazing Race!!!

Scoring for FF & Yields haven't been determined yet, so I will post them in a later post.

There is however, another twist!!!

If your favorite uses a yield, you will receive a yield as well (this is in addition to the bonus points you will receive for the yield itself). You may use the yield after any leg (including the leg you received it in, but not in the final leg) to half the score of any player's current leg. So if Player X for example received 2000 points for that leg, Player Y may use the yield to cut X's score to 1000 points. This will add an element of strategy to the game! Like in the real game, each player can only earn one yield in the entire game!

You may change your favorite at any time during the game. Just reply with your new favorite team and it will be changed. You can only have one favorite at any time.

Changing teams

You may now change one team from your roster if you desire. Remember that you can only do this after the first three episodes so if you want to make changes, now is the time. For more details, see the official rules.

New Players

There is still time to sign up and catch up. To do so, just reply with your choice of five teams as directed below.